Dea Kulumbegashvili

Someday, the strong presence of women filmmakers in film festivals will be a matter of course. Meantime, we herald the increasing presence of women directors in international festivals as we clamor for the narrowing of the gender gap of talents behind the camera in these fests.

While studying film at Columbia University, Georgian director Dea Kulumbegashvili contemplated what it meant to belong somewhere.   When she returned to her home country she visited the small mountain village where her father used to live.